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of the human dexterity in getting the kernels out of nuts, 
and loves to be covered with garments ; he stands upright, 
and imitates with ease many human actions. Baboons 
differ from the apes on the one hand, and the monkeys on 
the other, by having short tails. There was a very large 
Baboon of this kind, in the Surrey Zoological Gardens, 
in the summer of 1842. 
THE PROBOSCIS AND DIANA MONKEYS. 
THE Proboscis Monkey is so called from its long project- 
ing and disproportionate nose ; it is an inhabitant of the 
island of Borneo, where it lives in troops, on trees in the 
vicinity of its rivers. It is of a savage disposition. The 
Diana Monkey is called after the goddess of that name, 
from the crescent of white hair which ornaments its brow. 
It is very playful, and one of the most graceful of the tribe ; 
and' it is found in the hottest parts of Africa. Monkeys 
are less in stature, but more numerous than the apes and 
baboons. They live almost entirely in trees. Their natu 
ral food is vegetable, fruit of all sorts, corn, and even 
grass ; but when domesticated, they learn to eat all that i? 
served on our tables. 
There are few persons that are not acquainted with the 
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